Pope Leo XII
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Pope Leo XII was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.
Portrait by Charles Picqué, 1828
"The Grand Gala Berlin", a luxury carriage constructed in Rome during the first half of the nineteenth century, is an order of the States of the Church during the reign of two pontiffs: Leo XII, in the years 1824–1826, and Gregory XVI, who requested some important modifications. The carriage was used for five solemn festive occasions in the year.
The Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo, Ponte Sant'Angelo and St. Peter in the time of Leo XII, by Silvestr Feodosievich Shchedrin
Bust of Pope Leo XII, c. 1820s
Pope Leo XIII
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Pope Leo XIII was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign and third-longest verified reign of any pope, behind those of St. Peter, Pius IX, and J
Pope Leo XII
…to accuse the document of being a Spanish forgery (a historiographical controversy that would be resolved with the release of the Vatican Archives by Leo XIII at the end of the century, revealing the original copy). Leo XII's domestic policy was one of extreme conservatism: "He was determined to change the…
Leo XIII, c. 1878
The house in Carpineto Romano in which the Pecci brothers grew up
Archbishop Pecci as Nuncio in Brussels
Archbishop Pecci enters Perugia in 1846.